Collection Building: Volume 14 Issue 4

Acquisitions and inflation

Amy Hartman

The scope of American academic libraries during 1969–1990. Reviews the literature on price increases in library materials. Describes price increases in terms of material types…

Collection development for popular culture: the recovery movement

Debbi A. Friedman

Describes the recovery movement collection in the General Research Division of the New York Public Library. States that although these materials are purchased for their future…

Shakers and Shakerism

Warren C. Platt

Lists and describes the Shakers and Shakerism collection in the General Research Division of the New York Public Library. Covers areas including historical studies, spirituality…

Spanish Civil War materials

Andrew Lee, Alison Ryley

Describes the Spanish Civil War collection in the General Research Division of the New York Public Library. Lists some of the more than 2,500 entries on the Spanish Civil War and…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/01435129410060301. When citing the…

Designing a collection development plan for SailorSM

Denise M. Davis

From a simple idea came a library network that only ever wanted to connect Marylanders to their libraries and the resources they offered. What SailorSM has become is a national…

Poets House

Nestled in a sunny, quiet SoHo loft, Poets House is a poetry library, literary resource center, and meeting place for poets and poetry readers from all parts of the aesthetic…